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Definition of "turreted" [tur•ret•ed]

  • Furnished with turrets or a turret. (adjective)
  • Having the shape or form of a turret, as certain long-spired gastropod shells. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "turreted" in a sentence
  • "Born in Paris to English parents, Sisley was fascinated by how light swept across the historic entrance to the town: an arched medieval bridge with a turreted gateway traversing the calm waters of the River Loing."
  • "To the west of the town, on the B939, is Rufflets hotel www.rufflets.co.uk , a turreted mansion house built in 1924 for Anne Brydon Gilroy, the widow of a wealthy jute baron."
  • "His exquisite "Sainte Marguerite Guarding the Sheep" in front of a turreted castle circa 1455, was cut out from a Book of Hours painted for Étienne Chevalier, Charles VII's treasurer."